CN211907300U

CN211907300U - Combined luminous keycap and keyboard

Info

Publication number: CN211907300U
Application number: CN202020804716.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 匡新华
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-05-14
Filing date: 2020-05-14
Publication date: 2020-11-10
Anticipated expiration: 2030-05-14

Abstract

The utility model discloses a modular luminous key cap and keyboard belongs to the technical field who calculates the key dish. The combined luminous keycap comprises an upper cover and a base, wherein the upper cover is arranged above the base, and the base comprises a base body and a refraction block which is arranged on the surface of the base body and can improve the luminous effect; the base body and the refraction block are made of light-transmitting materials. The keyboard comprises a keyboard body, a light-emitting element and the combined light-emitting keycap, wherein the light-emitting element is arranged in the keyboard body, and the combined light-emitting keycap is connected with the keyboard body. The utility model discloses a luminous key cap of combination formula is provided with the refraction piece, is favorable to improving light refraction and reflection effect, improves key cap luminance, strengthens the illumination function of keyboard. Simultaneously the utility model discloses the luminous key cap of combination formula is handsome in appearance, satisfies the user and has the requirement of design sense to the keyboard molding.

Description

Combined luminous keycap and keyboard

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a calculate key dish technical field, concretely relates to modular luminous key cap and keyboard.

Background

The keyboard is a common computer input device, widely applied to computers and various terminal devices, and an operator inputs various instructions and data to the computer through the keyboard. The key cap is one of the most important accessories of the keyboard, the traditional key cap is mostly in a quadrangular frustum pyramid shape which is integrally formed, English letters, punctuation marks, Arabic numerals and the like are printed on the surface of the traditional key cap, and the traditional key cap is mostly in single color such as black or white. In the dark surrounds, the operator can't see the character on the traditional key cap clearly, can not use the keyboard in a flexible way.

In order to meet the requirements of consumers, keyboards with luminous keycaps appear on the market, and the basic principle is that a luminous element is arranged below the keycap made of transparent materials, so that the keycap can emit an active light source, and a user can conveniently and accurately use the keyboard in a dark environment. However, the existing light-transmitting keycap is single in structure, poor in light-emitting effect, difficult to present cool and dazzling visual effect, easy to cause visual fatigue, and incapable of fully meeting the requirements of users, especially game enthusiasts of electronic competitions, in both lighting function and decoration function, and needs to be further improved.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a modular luminous key cap and keyboard for solve the relatively poor, not good enough technical problem of keyboard illumination function of luminous effect of current key cap. In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses the technical scheme who adopts is:

a combined luminous keycap comprises an upper cover and a base, wherein the upper cover is arranged above the base, and the base comprises a base body and a refraction block which is arranged on the surface of the base body and can improve the luminous effect; the base body and the refraction block are made of light-transmitting materials.

Through set up the refraction piece on base body surface and carry out treatments such as refraction, reflection to the light, compare with the prior art that only adopts transparent material, the luminance that the key cap sees through is higher, the illuminating effect is better. And the utility model discloses a luminous key cap of combination formula has more the sense of design in the appearance, can present more dazzling beautiful visual effect, satisfies the demand of consumer to novel structure.

As an improvement of the foregoing solution, the surface of the base body is provided with a plurality of refraction blocks, and the refraction blocks are uniformly distributed on the surface of the base body. The refraction blocks are uniformly distributed on the inner surface or the outer surface of the key cap base body, so that the technical effects of more uniform refraction light, richer visual effect and more attractive product structure are achieved.

Preferably, the refraction block is positioned on the outer surface of the base body; the refraction block is a structure protruding away from the outer surface of the base. The raised structure can increase the friction force, and a user can insert and pull the keycap more conveniently.

Further preferably, the refraction block has a convex quadrangular pyramid shape or triangular pyramid shape. The regular shape facilitates the development of the mold and also further improves the luminous effect. The design of the quadrangular pyramid is compared with the triangular pyramid, the refraction direction of the built-in light source is increased, and therefore the technical effect of better refraction effect is achieved.

Preferably, the refraction blocks are distributed on the outer surface of the base body; the refraction block is a structure which is sunken towards the inside of the base body. In the improved scheme, the concave design of the refraction block can effectively avoid scratching or damaging the surface of the keycap caused by collision in the product forming or transporting process; on the other hand, the safety of the product can be improved, and the user is prevented from being scratched due to the sharp surface of the refraction block.

Further preferably, the refraction block is in a shape of a concave quadrangular pyramid or a concave triangular pyramid. The regular shape facilitates the development of the mold and also further improves the luminous effect. The design of the quadrangular pyramid is compared with the triangular pyramid, the refraction direction of the built-in light source is increased, and therefore the technical effect of better refraction effect is achieved.

Preferably, the upper cover and the base are detachably connected. Such detachable means include a variety of conventional means in the art including snap-fit, adhesive, threaded, interference fit, and the like. The upper cover and the base are connected in a separable way, so that a user can conveniently replace the upper cover or the base, on one hand, the user can match the upper cover and the base with different colors according to the preference, and the interest of the product is increased; on the other hand, when making things convenient for the key cap local damage, can only change upper cover or the base of damage, be favorable to practicing thrift the cost.

Further preferably, the upper cover and the base are connected by a buckle structure; the buckle structure comprises a male buckle and a female buckle buckled with the male buckle; the female buckle is arranged on the base body; the male buckle is arranged on the upper cover.

Preferably, the upper cover is provided with a character body embedded therein in a double-color injection molding manner; the character body is made of a light-transmitting material, and the upper cover is made of a non-light-transmitting material. This can further solve the defect that the key font is easily worn out among the prior art.

A keyboard comprises a keyboard body, a light-emitting element and the combined light-emitting keycap, wherein the light-emitting element is arranged on the keyboard body, and the combined light-emitting keycap is connected with the keyboard body. This keyboard uses above-mentioned luminous key cap of combination formula for light emitting component's light source can see through, therefore has good illumination function, and the person of facilitating the use uses under dim environment, and because this luminous key cap of combination formula is provided with the refraction piece, makes the light source brighter and abundant, has optimized the result of use of keyboard greatly.

The utility model discloses technical scheme's advantage lies in: the base of the combined luminous keycap is made of a light-transmitting material, and the surface of the base is provided with the refraction block, so that the light refraction and reflection effects are improved, the luminous brightness of the keycap is improved, and a keyboard applying the combined luminous keycap has a better illumination function; simultaneously the utility model discloses the luminous key cap of combination formula is handsome in appearance, satisfies the pursuit of user to the design sense.

The features of the present invention will be more readily understood and appreciated by reference to the following drawings and description of the preferred embodiments.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a combined light-emitting key cap according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a combined light-emitting key cap according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a combined light emitting key cap according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a combined illuminating keycap according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a perspective view of a combined light-emitting key cap according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a combined illuminating keycap according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a perspective view of a combined light-emitting key cap according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a combined light-emitting key cap according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely below with reference to specific embodiments, but those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments described below are only used for illustrating the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

All figures only disclose the part which is closely related to the innovative part of the invention, not the whole structure of the keycap.

Fig. 1-3 show a combined luminous key cap according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, in the present embodiment, the combined light emitting key cap includes an upper cover 1 and a base 2, and the upper cover 1 is installed above the base 2. The base 2 includes a base body 3 (see fig. 2) and a refraction block 4 disposed on the surface of the base body 3 and capable of improving the light emitting effect, wherein the base body 3 and the refraction block 4 are made of transparent materials.

In the utility model, the naming of the refraction block 4 does not mean that the refraction block only has the function of improving light refraction, but only for the convenience of naming; the refraction block 4 can improve the light emitting effect, which means that it can improve the refraction and reflection effects of light and finally improve the light emitting effect in terms of brightness, refraction direction, reflection direction, etc. The size, shape, quantity and distribution of the refraction blocks 4 can be freely selected according to the prior art, and the refraction blocks 4 can be only arranged in a local area of the surface of the base body and can also be distributed on the whole surface of the base body; when a plurality of refraction blocks 4 are provided, the plurality of refraction blocks 4 may be identical in shape and size, or may be different in shape and size. In this embodiment, the luminous key cap of combination formula is four prismatic table shapes, the utility model discloses the luminous key cap of combination formula of scheme protection can be other arbitrary shapes, for example cylindrical, square and so on. Compared with the prior art only adopting transparent materials, the surface of the base body is provided with the refraction block 4, and the keycaps have higher brightness and better illumination effect; and the utility model discloses a luminous key cap of combination formula has more the sense of design in the appearance, satisfies the consumer to novel structure's demand.

In this embodiment, the surface of the base body 3 is provided with a plurality of refraction blocks 4. The plurality of refraction blocks 4 are distributed on the surface of the base body and can be regularly arranged or irregularly arranged. The refraction blocks 4 arranged on the surface of the base body can change the refraction effect when light (not shown in the figure) is dispersed outwards from the keycap and also can change the reflection effect of an external light source, so that the brightness of the light source is higher. In the present embodiment, it is preferable that the plurality of refraction blocks are uniformly distributed on the surface of the base body 3, as shown in fig. 1-3. By uniformly distributed, it is meant that the refraction blocks 4 are arranged on the surface of the base body in a regular manner. The refraction blocks are uniformly distributed on the inner surface or the outer surface of the key cap base body, so that the technical effects of more uniform refraction light, richer visual effect and more attractive product structure are achieved.

In this embodiment, the refraction blocks 4 are distributed on the outer surface of the base body 3, and the refraction blocks 4 are recessed toward the inside of the base body, as shown in fig. 3. In the improved scheme, the concave design of the refraction block can effectively avoid scratching or damaging the surface of the keycap caused by collision in the product forming or transporting process; on the other hand, the safety of the product can be improved, and the user is prevented from being scratched due to the sharp surface of the refraction block.

More specifically, the refraction block 4 of the present embodiment is a pyramid shape having a concave shape. The design of the rectangular pyramid is compared with a structure with fewer edges, the refraction direction of the light source is increased, and therefore the technical effect of better refraction effect is achieved, on one hand, the better illumination function is met, and on the other hand, the pursuit of consumers on visual effect is met.

In this embodiment, the upper cover 1 and the base 2 are detachably connected. In other embodiments, the upper cover 1 and the base 2 can be connected in a separable manner or can be integrally formed. The separable means includes various conventional means in the art, including snap-fit, adhesive, threaded, interference, etc. The upper cover 1 and the base 2 are connected in a separable way, so that a user can conveniently replace the upper cover or the base, on one hand, the user can match the upper cover and the base with different colors, materials and surface structures (such as convex or concave) according to the preference, the common keys can be conveniently and rapidly identified, and certain DIY characteristics can be endowed to the product; on the other hand, when the key cap local damage, can only change upper cover or the base of damage, be favorable to practicing thrift the cost.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the upper cover 1 and the base 2 of the present embodiment are connected by a snap structure, which includes a male buckle 8 and a female buckle 7. Male buckle 8 sets up the internal surface at upper cover 1, and base body 3 goes up the reason and is protruding square structure, and the surface of this protruding structure is provided with box 7. As shown in fig. 3, in use, the male buckle 8 is engaged with the female buckle 7, so that the upper cover 1 is connected with the base 2. In the embodiment of difference, the quantity of pin thread and box is different, both can only be a pair of, also can be for many pairs, and buckle structure's quantity and shape do not influence the utility model discloses protection scheme's scope. Meanwhile, in other embodiments, the connection between the upper cover 1 and the base 2 may also adopt other manners provided by the prior art, and is not limited to the snap structure, for example, one or more protrusions in a circular shape, a bar shape, or other shapes are disposed at corresponding positions of the upper cover or the base, and when the upper cover or the base is snapped, the protrusions are squeezed to form a certain friction force, so as to achieve the interference connection.

Referring to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, a character body 5 is embedded on the upper cover 1, and the upper cover 1 and the character body 5 are integrated by using plastic materials with different colors, i.e. two-color injection molding process. The double-color injection molding process has the advantages that characters are not easy to wear and long in service life. The character body 5 comprises a character-shaped convex block 6 which protrudes upwards, and the upper cover 1 is provided with corresponding character-shaped hollows at the corresponding positions of the character-shaped convex block 6, and the character-shaped hollow blocks and the character-shaped convex block are embedded. In other embodiments of the present invention, the combined light emitting key cap may not include the character body 5. In this embodiment, the upper cover 1 is made of opaque material, and the character body 5 is made of transparent material, so that when the keyboard built-in light source is lighted, light can be transmitted through the character-shaped bumps 6, and a user can see characters in a dark environment conveniently. In this embodiment, the character is the english letter "a", and in other embodiments, the character may be any character, such as other english letters, chinese characters, arabic numerals, punctuation marks, and the like.

The keyboard (not shown) of this embodiment includes a keyboard body, a light emitting element disposed in the keyboard body, and a combined light emitting key cap of this embodiment, which is connected to the keyboard body. The light-emitting element is disposed in the keyboard body, which means that the light-emitting element is connected to the keyboard body, and does not mean the positional relationship between the light-emitting element and the keyboard body, that is, the light-emitting element may be disposed on the surface or above the keyboard body in some cases. When the keyboard is powered on, the light source with the built-in light-emitting element is emitted out through the combined light-emitting keycap, so that the keyboard has a good lighting function, and the combined light-emitting keycap is provided with the refraction block 4, so that the light source is brighter and richer. In this embodiment, the combined luminous keycap is detachably mounted on the keyboard body, and in other embodiments, the combined luminous keycap can be integrally formed with the keyboard body.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the combined luminous key cap of the second embodiment, and fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the combined luminous key cap of the second embodiment, in this embodiment, the combined luminous key cap includes an upper cover 100 and a base 200, the base 200 includes a refraction block 400 arranged uniformly, and the difference from the first embodiment is only: the refraction block 400 is a concave triangular pyramid.

Fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a combined luminous key cap of the third embodiment, fig. 7 is a schematic sectional view of a combined luminous key cap of the third embodiment, in this embodiment, a refraction block 500 is regularly arranged on the outer surface of the base body, and only lies in the difference with the first embodiment: the refraction block 500 is a quadrangular pyramid shape which is convex outward. The refraction block 500 is arranged to be a convex structure, so that the surface friction force is increased, and the keycap can be replaced and disassembled, especially the upper cover and the base can be disassembled and assembled more conveniently.

Fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of a combined luminous key cap according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 9 is a schematic sectional view of a combined luminous key cap according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is only: in this embodiment, the refraction block 600 is a convex triangular pyramid.

The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention, as any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A combined luminous keycap comprises an upper cover and a base, wherein the upper cover is arranged above the base; the base body and the refraction block are made of light-transmitting materials.

2. The combined type luminous keycap of claim 1, wherein the surface of the base body is provided with a plurality of refraction blocks, and the refraction blocks are uniformly distributed on the surface of the base body.

3. The combined type luminous keycap of claim 2, wherein the refraction block is positioned on the outer surface of the base body; the refraction block is a structure protruding away from the outer surface of the base.

4. The combined type luminous keycap of claim 3, wherein the refraction block is in a shape of a raised quadrangular pyramid or triangular pyramid.

5. The combined type luminous keycap of claim 2, wherein the refraction blocks are distributed on the outer surface of the base body; the refraction block is a structure which is sunken towards the inside of the base body.

6. The combined type luminous keycap of claim 5, wherein the refraction block is in a shape of a concave quadrangular pyramid or a concave triangular pyramid.

7. The combination luminescent key cap of claim 1, wherein the cover and the base are detachably connected.

8. The combined type luminous keycap of claim 7, wherein the upper cover and the base are connected by a snap structure; the buckle structure comprises a male buckle and a female buckle buckled with the male buckle; the female buckle is arranged on the base body; the male buckle is arranged on the upper cover.

9. The combined luminous keycap of claim 1, wherein the upper cover is provided with a character body embedded therein in a double-color injection molding manner; the character body is made of a light-transmitting material, and the upper cover is made of a non-light-transmitting material.

10. A keyboard, comprising a keyboard body, a light-emitting element and the combined light-emitting keycap of any one of claims 1-9; the light-emitting element is arranged on the keyboard body, and the combined type light-emitting keycap is connected with the keyboard body.